Swiss Accept Yamani

Reuters

Published: May 15, 1987

BERN, May 14—
Saudi Arabia's former oil minister, Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani, has received permission to reside in the village of Chermignon, near the ski resort of Crans-Montana, Swiss officials said today. A spokesman for the Justice Ministry said the authorities in Bern had ''agreed in principle'' to a request for a permit Sheik Yamani made in February. Sheik Yamani, who was dismissed from his post in October, made frequent visits to Geneva for meetings of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. He owns several properties and business in Switzerland.